binder

(noun)

A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.

Examples of binder in the following topics:

  • Oil

    • Oil painting is the most commonly used of all the painting mediums and involves painting with pigments that have been mixed with an oil binder.
    • Oil painting is the most commonly used painting medium and involves painting with pigments that have been mixed with an oil binder.
    • The binder oils used most often include linseed, poppyseed, walnut, and safflower oil.
    • The stretched canvas is then covered or primed with a layer of gesso, a white mixture of glue and chalk, or nowadays a mixture of titanium dioxide in an acrylic binder.
  • Fresco

    • After drying, the pigment becomes fixed in the plaster via chemical reaction and no binder is required.
    • With this method, a binder is required since the pigment does not mix with the wet plaster.
    • Egg tempera is the most common binder used for this purpose.
  • Tempera

    • Tempera paint, also known as egg tempera, is a water-soluble paint made from a mixture of pigment in an egg yolk binder.
    • Tempera paint, also known as egg tempera, is a water-soluble paint made from a mixture of pigment in an egg yolk binder.
  • Dry Media

    • Most pencil cores are made of graphite mixed with a clay binder which leave grey or black marks that can easily be erased.
    • Compressed charcoal is charcoal powder mixed with a gum binder compressed into round or square sticks.
    • The amount of binder determines the hardness of the stick.
    • Pastel sticks or crayons consist of pure powdered pigment combined with a binder.
    • The sticks have a higher portion of pigment and less binder, resulting in brighter colors.
  • Gouache

    • Gouache, like watercolor, consists of pigment and a binder of gum Arabic, but also contains added material such as chalk or another white pigment, making gouache heavier, more opaque and with greater reflective qualities.
  • Encaustic

    • Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted.
  • Liquid Media

    • The dip pen has certain advantages over a fountain pen: it can use waterproof pigmented (particle-and-binder-based) inks, such as so-called India ink, drawing ink, or acrylic inks, which would destroy a fountain pen by clogging, as well as the traditional iron gall ink, which can cause corrosion in a fountain pen.
  • Reinforced Concrete Construction

    • Concrete is a mixture of coarse (stone or brick chips) and fine (generally sand or crushed stone) aggregates, with a paste or binder material, known as cement.
  • Watercolor

    • Watercolor is a painting medium that consists of pigment with a binder made from gum arabic, a water-soluble compound that is derived from the sap of the acacia tree.
  • Sculpture of the Old Kingdom

    • Paints could be mixed with gum arabic as a binder and pressed into cakes, which could be moistened with water when needed.
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